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THE NATIVE KHORESM BRIDGE WAS NOT BUILT FOR TRACTORS
Only in recent years have the machines of modern progress to some extent displaced the
camel caravans and horse-drawn vehicles that for centuries have been Central Asia's principal
means of overland transport.
AN UZBEK MAN AND A RUSSIAN WOMAN PERFORM MANUAL LABOR SIDE BY SIDE
AT CHARDZHUI HARBOR
A constant battle must be waged with the Amu Darya to keep it from cutting its way around
the ends of the great steel railway bridge which spans the river here (see text, page 756).
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